• Scott Aukerman will host a comedy block on IFC tied to the Comedy Death Ray name, weaving short interviews with episodes of well-loved comedy series including The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show and his own Mr. Show. It looks as though he'll be talking to several of our past guests, including Sarah Silverman.
  
  
• Lots of news from The Flaming Lips: you'll be able to catch their NYE show live (and on January 1st) on RollingStone.com. They'll be playing their album "The Soft Bulletin" in its entirety at the show. They've also announced that for their new album, they'll be releasing a song a month in 2011, as soon as each is completed.
  
  
• The Wire and Treme's Wendell Pierce shows us around his New Orleans, showcasing some of his favorite spots.
  
  
• In case you haven't read Patton Oswalt’s Wired piece on “why geek culture must die” that's created such a firestorm, start with the original essay -- then you can go on to read all the responses of nerd outrage.
  
  
• And finally, Nick Thune, in an informative video about how to write a piece for The Tonight Show, gives us some pointers that could probably work in any field, so long as you're avoiding the task at hand.
  

Backstage at Pardcastathon 2010: comedy legends Tom Dreesen and Sarah Silverman, marginal public radio host Jesse Thorn. Photo by Steve Agee. Check out some more here.

• Sarah Silverman recalls a disturbing Thanksgiving memory with her dad.
  
  
• Director Lee Unkrich's newest film, Toy Story 3, is a dark horse for the Oscar win for Best Picture, as The Atlantic discusses -- but we've still got faith.
  
  
• Kevin Kline has a great turn as an eccentric writer in The Extra Man, which is just now out on DVD. He talked to us about the film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
  
  
• Performance artist Ze Frank in his TED talk from earlier this year on virtual connections between people, entitled "Ze Frank's Web Playroom".
  

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's theme: Chosen People

Chris Jackson can be described as a sort of pop culture activist. With H.O.P.E. in America, Chris protests the mediocrity prevalent in the entertainment landscape. For example, he ruined Paris Hilton's book signing.

Following that, Jesse and Kathi interview Count Bass D. Listen in as Count Bass D talks about music, his artistic collaborations and making art in Nashville. Check out his latest work.

Lastly, Jesse speaks with his comedy crush Sarah Silverman. Between the flirting and passing of love notes, Sarah reveals her comedy origin story and describes Jesus is Magic as only she can.